Aware And Prepared
de Mandi Pratt
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How to Heal Complex PTSD After Domestic Violence: What Worked for Me
How to Heal Complex PTSD After Domestic Violence: What Worked for Me
Despre acest podcast
On the Aware and Prepared podcast, we talk about two things: prevention AND post-traumatic growth. I’ll share stories like mine and interview detectives, psychologists and many other experts to hear jaw-dropping stories and what we can learn from them to prevent harm for young people and those who care for them. We’ll also explore how survivors heal, rebuild and become resilient.
I’m your host, Mandi Pratt, a certified domestic violence victim advocate and survivor healing from complex PTSD. Almost two decades ago, the FBI showed up at my door to tell me my abusive ex was wanted for multiple bank robberies. (Hear that in episodes 1 and 2). I learned how to keep myself and my son physically and emotionally safer, and now I teach others how to live safer with more peace. This podcast is for 15-year-old me and for families and community groups to listen to together, because women’s safety is a community issue.
I don’t want anyone else to go through what I did: scared, vulnerable and needing decades of counseling and healthcare to heal. And if you already have, I want you to know growth is possible. I want you to feel safer, with less fear and more power!
You can find more from me at my website or my Instagram:
WEB: https://womenawareandprepared.com/podcast/
IG: https://www.instagram.com/womenawareandprepared/
Episoade
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- How to Heal Complex PTSD After Domestic Violence: What Worked for Me · 50 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 27Will it always feel this hard? If you're living with PTSD or complex PTSD, this episode is here to tell you there is real hope, and real tools that help. Mandi's friend and…
- How to Stop People Pleasing and Heal Codependency After Trauma · 30 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 26Ever say yes before you've even had a chance to ask yourself what you want? That isn't a character defect. It's your nervous system doing exactly what it was trained to do. In…
- Raising Kids Who Won’t Become Victims, Perpetrators, or Silent Bystanders (Re: Cornell 7) · 37 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 25Why prevention starts when kids are three and four years old, what parents need to know about alcohol and hyper-masculine spaces, how groomers manipulate kids online, and why the…
- The Cornell 7: Four Patterns Behind Campus Sexual Assault · 24 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 24The Cornell Seven didn’t come out of nowhere. Situations like this are built, and the patterns behind them show up on campuses again and again. Mandi, certified victim advocate…
- Co-Parenting Apps and AI Platform That Helps Document Post-Separation Abuse · 40 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 23GREAT platform for navigating relational harm and for survivors navigating co-parenting after abuse. Anne shares how Aimee Says (AI platform) can help spot coercive control…
- How to Ask Someone If They're Thinking About Suicide · 42 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 22How do you know if someone you love is thinking about suicide, and what do you actually say if they are? For Suicide Awareness Month, Mandi welcomes back returning guest Diane…
- What Does It Actually Take to Get Out of Hypervigilance? · 30 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 21In this follow-up to last week's episode on Complex PTSD vs PTSD, Mandi breaks down what's actually happening in the brain during hypervigilance, and more importantly, what to do…
- What's the Real Difference Between PTSD and Complex PTSD? · 27 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 20What is complex PTSD, and how is it different from PTSD? As a complex PTSD survivor herself, Mandi breaks down the real distinction in this episode, timed around Complex PTSD…
- 22 Safety Tips Every College Freshman Needs to Know Especially During The "Red Zone" · 24 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 19I can't tell you how many people disclose past assaults to me once they hear what I do for a living. EVERY SINGLE TIME it was someone they knew. In this episode, Mandi breaks…
- A Mother's Worst Nightmare Became Her Mission: Making Sexual Assault Reporting Less Traumatic · 41 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 19What if the room a survivor is asked to sit in after a sexual assault could make the difference between being believed and being dismissed? Mandi sits down with Tracy Matheson…
- Teaching Kids Boundaries: Prevention Skills That Start Early · 33 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 18What if the best time to prevent abuse and assault isn't high school, but preschool? Lacey and Sydney from the Arkansas Coalition Against Sexual Assault join the show to talk…
- How to Set Boundaries Without Guilt: A Guide for People Pleasers · 53 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 17What happens when you say no and someone doesn't like it? Psychotherapist and "Queen of Boundaries" Dana Skaggs joins Mandi to break down why boundary setting feels so scary…
- Is Resilience Something You're Born With, or Something You Build? · 33 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 16Is resilience something you're born with, or something you build? Kelly Edmondson, has spent 25 years as a nurse watching patients face unthinkable trauma, and then lived it…
- Resilience Isn't a Personality Trait: It's a Skill You Can Build Through Nervous System Work · 19 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 15What if resilience isn't something you're born with, but something you can actually build, one small habit at a time? In this episode, Mandi shares what she learned from trauma…
- Why EMDR Works: What It Is and How It Helps Trauma Survivors Heal · 14 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 14Why has EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) been one of the most effective tools in the shortest time for trauma survivors? In this episode, Mandi breaks down…
- AI Companion Helping Abuse Survivors Heal and Prepare for Court: AIMEE Says · 37 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 13What if the tool that could finally help you organize your story, prepare for court, and feel less alone was available for free, right now? In this episode, Mandi sits down with…
- What's Available to You Through This Community · 4 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 13Mandi, the host, takes a second to remind you what's available through this community. First, the free podcast and a weekly companion email that goes along with it and brings the…
- How to Spot the Warning Signs of Stalking Before It Escalates · 26 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 12Hear why most Gen Z survivors don't even recognize they're being stalked, the chilling phrase that signals real danger in a relationship, lethality risk factors backed by…
- How to Keep Your Kid Safer at College, Sexual Assault Laws and Prevention · 17 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 11Mandi breaks down campus safety from a legal and prevention standpoint, sharing key legislation every parent and student should know before orientation day. From the Jeanne Clery…
- The Hidden Health Toll of Abuse: HPV, Cancer, and What No One Told You · 30 min · Sezonul 4 Episodul 10What if the trauma you survived years ago is still quietly affecting your body today? Most people don't realize how deeply the emotions and body are connected, and for survivors…
